This new website www.hausgemacht.tv has short "How to" videos, offering advice on many aspects of daily life: House and garden, Food and drink, Health and fitness, Family and pets, Sport and free time, Auto and technology, Saving and DIY, Rights and law, Job and career. The videos are uploaded by users, and are accompanied by a written summary.

This site offers lots of potential for listening practice or language extension in bite-size chunks. Some videos have a very polished look, others have a more "home-made" feel. Check out Oma Luzie's cooking for a particularly nice example of the latter.

VORSICHT! As a teacher, you'll probably need to supervise students' use of the website. Since I first wrote about it, the section on Liebe und Partnerschaft has expanded and a couple of the videos, while discrete and done with plenty of humour, are not going to be easy to justify in a classroom!